Ranajit Das
Ranajit Das is an eminent Bengali poet and the recipient of the prestigious Rabindra Puroskar. His numerous other awards include Birendra Chattaopadhyay Memorial Award, Paschim Banga Bangla Academy Award and Ramanath Bhattacharya Foundation Award. He visited Croatia on a literary tour under India-Croatia Cultural Exchange Programme.
Poems by Ranajit Das
Aliens are seated in the metro rail.
With their eyes glued to their smartphones,
and their headphones plugged into their ears,
they have shut out the earth's reality around them.
Their faces are robotic and restless, being totally
commanded by the signals of the virtual world...
With their eyes glued to their smartphones,
and their headphones plugged into their ears,
they have shut out the earth's reality around them.
Their faces are robotic and restless, being totally
commanded by the signals of the virtual world...